Grunig Lectures Series

Bruce Berger, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama delivered the fourth annual Grunig Lecture at this year’s PRSA Conference. Dr. Berger has 20 years of professional practice, which often focused on employee communication, with 15 years of university teaching and research. This annual event is popular among public relations professionals and educators and was co-hosted by the Institute for Public Relations (IPR), the University of Maryland and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

The 2011 Grunig Lecture was on Sunday afternoon, October 16, at the PRSA International Conference in Orlando, Florida.  The lecture series honors James E. Grunig, Professor Emeritus, and Larissa A. Grunig, Professor Emerita, of the University of Maryland. The Grunigs are preeminent researchers and friends to the global public affairs and public relations community.

Dr. Berger is the Reese Phifer Professor of Advertising & Public Relations in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. He also serves as a board member of IPR and The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations in the College. Previously he was chair of the department, and prior to that, director of the MA Program in the department.

Download this Lecture, Employee Communication: Let’s Move from Knowing to Doing

Dr. Bruce K. Berger, University of Alabama, presented at the 4th Annual Grunig Lecture Series, “Employee Communication: Let’s Move from Knowing to Doing”